Biography: M. Craig Barnes, D.Min., Ph.D.
Pastor, Head of Staff

Craig Barnes was raised on Long Island, N.Y.  After graduating from The King's College and Princeton Seminary, he received a Ph.D. in the history of Christianity from The University of Chicago under the supervision of Martin E. Marty.  

For nine years, Barnes served as pastor of The National Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C.  In the fall of 2002, he became the Robert Meneilly Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. While continuing in that teaching ministry he began his service as pastor of Pittsburgh's Shadyside Presbyterian Church. 

Barnes' published books include Yearning, When God Interrupts, Hustling God, Sacred Thirst, Extravagant Mercy, and Searching For Home.

He is married to Dawne Hess Barnes, who is an interior decorator in Pittsburgh. They have three delightful children, a sweet bearded collie puppy, and a neurotic golden retriever.